Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a noninvasive technology that enables high-resolution cross-sectional imaging of tissue by measuring backscattered light.1 Optical coherence tomography imaging is analogous to ultrasound B-mode imaging but uses light instead of sound. By performing multiple longitudinal scans at different transverse locations, a two-dimensional (2D) scanned image is obtained. Noncontact, noninvasive human eye imaging using OCT proved to advance ophthalmic diagnostics by enabling direct cross-sectional retinal layer visualization and quantification.2
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- Optical Coherence Tomography
- Retinal Pigment Epithelium
- Macular Hole
- Diabetic Macular Edema
- Retinal Thickness
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Duker, J.S., Paunescu, L.A., Fujimoto, J.G. (2009). Future of Optical Coherence Tomography: Ultrahigh-Resolution Versus Standard-Resolution OCT. In: Arevalo, J.F. (eds) Retinal Angiography and Optical Coherence Tomography. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68987-6_25
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